Iran Allegedly Hit By Computer Virus More Violent Than Stuxnet

TTL0 shares a report from The Times of Israel: Iranian infrastructure and strategic networks have come under attack in the last few days by a computer virus similar to Stuxnet but 'more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated,' and Israeli officials are refusing to discuss what role, if any, they may have had in the operation, an Israeli TV report said Wednesday. 'Remember Stuxnet, the virus that penetrated the computers of the Iranian nuclear industry?' the report on Israel's Hadashot news asked. Iran 'has admitted in the past few days that it is again facing a similar attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before, that has hit infrastructure and strategic networks.' The Iranians, the TV report went on, are 'not admitting, of course, how much damage has been caused.' On Sunday, Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran's civil defense agency, said Tehran had neutralized a new version of Stuxnet, Reuters reported. Stuxnet penetrated Iran's nuclear program, 'taking control and sabotaging parts of its enrichment processes by speeding up its centrifuges,' the report notes. We'll update this story when more details become available.

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